FMBD -why do you view them as careerist?

Nico Adie wrote:Ed Milliband said he'd rather there was a Tory government than for Labour to form a coalition with the SNP. His own words. ED'S WISH. GRANTED.

Seems like a good day to bump this thread.Like my mate Andrew said- 'today should be a bank holiday, because I've got no fucking work done'

Pretty sober take on the whole thing: http://www.robfahey.co.uk/blog/the-pm-t ... -on-power/

Maybe this could go back to a general politics discussion now. I've been asked to participate in a round table on the following topicsThe pros and cons of TridentThe questions surrounding privacy and key word searches,The governments response to the refugee crisis and ISIS 'In/Out' of the EU.Anyone got opinions they want to share or good articles/resources? Looks like I'll be the sole (far) leftie there so I need to be well prepared.

Paul Mason:- Labour is ahead in the polls;- austerity is discredited; - Osborne's budget is unravelling; - the Tories are attacking each other;- and the Blairite criticisms of Corbyn have been blunted. Scratch One ToryThis is Jeremy Corbyn s victory. In one speech he s blown apart the Tory front bench, made likely two substantial revolts, destroyed the cabinet and made the Tories look like incompetent fools. And the weekend is young: it s probably not over. IDS letter to Cameron draws the logic clearly.

Cranius wrote: - Osborne's budget is unravelling; That seems kind, it had already been savaged by the IFS, and backbenchers were beginning to rebel. It's pretty much DOA now.This does feel like 'austerity' -- not that they ever really enacted it except against the poorest -- has hit the buffers. Despite hints in the past I never imagined Iain Duncan Smith would be that buffer.

^ I think the fact that IDS whipped his own party members to vote for the bill only hours before resigning, tells you everything you need to know about his morals.

Tories have quite possibly irrevocably fucked themselves. With Cameron pledged to resign and his successor having been completely scuppered as a viable Prime Minister, it looks like things have turned a rather sudden corner. It's beginning to look like Corbyn could be our next PM, as incredible as it seems. Cameron is a fairly wiley operator and quite underrated I'd say. Osborne isn't in his class politically....and Boris? Clown.

big\_dave wrote:Last year's worries about Osborne establishing a new status quo are pretty much buried now.Paul Mason tells Labour that they might have to prepare for government sooner than expected: With the Tory party imploding, Labour needs to reinvent itself “ fast